The age of capital, 1848-1875

354 pages

English language

Published Aug. 17, 1996 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-679-77254-5

(6 reviews)

The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 is a book by Eric Hobsbawm, first published in 1975. It is the second in a trilogy of books about "the long 19th century" (coined by Hobsbawm), preceded by The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848 and followed by The Age of Empire: 1875–1914. A fourth book, The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991, acts as a sequel to the trilogy.

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Eric Lawton reviewed The age of capital, 1848-1875 by Eric Hobsbawm

Excellent history of its period, from one of the best English historians.

5 stars

Very easy to read, draws lots of connections between all its sub-topics. The only drawback was too much Marx. Not the Marxist perspective, which is an illuminating one and present in all his books, it's just that Marx was active in this period and even the book doesn't show that his influence over the events was sufficient to justify how many times he is mentioned.